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Assembly Bill A5768

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL

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2015-A5768 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5010
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง89, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A2131, S7431

2015-A5768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL.

2015-A5768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5768

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, ZEBROWSKI, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  allowing  the
  public  to submit requests for access to the records of a state agency
  by use of an online form

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 89 of the public officers law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) EACH STATE AGENCY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  THIS  SECTION
THAT  MAINTAINS  A  WEBSITE  SHALL  ENSURE  ITS WEBSITE PROVIDES FOR THE
ONLINE SUBMISSION OF A REQUEST FOR RECORDS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09750-01-5

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